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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
El Paso Hanks
Bachelor's Degree
Accounting and Business/Management
Central Christian College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a General and Operations Managers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Graduate Degree: Small Business Administration/Management
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Life & Career Milestones
I've taken a lot of twists and turns
1.
Decided I wanted to succeed..
2.
Read about people that were successful...
3.
Watched people that were successful..
4.
Surrounded myself around people that were successful...
5.
Asked questions and did what others did that made them successful but with my personality.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You won't make it, you don't have what it takes, you're not smart enough, something like that isn't for you.
How I responded:
Use the noise, use it to drive you. Success is the best revenge. Let them keep talking while you put in the time and effort in silence, as time goes, your silence/success will overcome all the noise.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I came from a single parent home, my parents divorced and was just my brother, sister and I. We lived off of one income.
I was surrounded by gangs and violence, from my family being in gangs and that life trying to suck me in. I am just glad for sports.
I was always the fat kid, up until my sophomore year of high school, I was picked on and made fun of all the years til then.